Now it's getting serious

You have to listen to the whole testimony of John Brennan, the former CIA director, to understand how serious it is now getting for Donald Trump. Brennan was appointed CIA director by President Obama, but Brennan is a longstanding CIA career veteran, his loyalties are not to the former president but to the agency. He is also, I would say, determined to speak the truth, but based on his intelligence experience and knowledge. Throughout his testimony before Congress today, he made it clear he was not talking about "evidence" but intelligence. He said it was up to the FBI to find evidence to prove there was collusion between the Russians and the Trump campaign team to undermine Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. His (Brennan's) role when he was director of the CIA was to provide intelligence; and his intelligence was devastating today. Brennan admitted after more than an hour of questioning by senators on the intelligence committee that he had been aware of Russian officials getting in touch with certain individuals of the Trump campaign in an attempt to "suborn" them. He said these contacts had concerned him because of the fear that they were cooperating with the Russians. That's not the same as saying Trump was in collusion with Moscow during the election campaign, but it's getting closer and closer to that situation. The potential here is mind-blowing. Robert Mueller, the former FBI director, is investigating the Russia link to the Trump campaign, including possible collusion with Moscow. That inquiry is being kept confidential. But the Brennan statement and the pile-up of leaks appearing in the New York Times and Washington Post are giving this issue an incredible momentum. As a commentator said on MSNBC, "the tide is rising". That word "impeachment" keeps on being mentioned, not just from the mouths of Democrats but from Republicans, too. If "criminal" evidence of wrongdoing can be found against Trump and his closest associates, and if proof emerges that the president has been lying all along about everything to do with the Russia story (in other words, obstructing justice), it's difficult to see how he can avoid at least an attempt to impeach him. This is a total disaster for America and for the American people. They voted for Trump. How many of his supporters will now be thinking: "Oh my god, did we make the biggest mistake of our lives?"